THT Daily: June 9
Major League News for June 9
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Stats
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 7 TOR 5 (Recap and Boxscore) BAL: 3 R 8th on HBP, BB, WP BOS 9 NYA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Varitek: 3 for 5, 4 RBI DET 6 CHA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Rogers: 7 IP, 2 R KC 16 TEX 12 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 7 SEA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) 3 H each for Mauer (.379) and Ichiro (.362) OAK 4 CLE 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Loaiza returns, 7 IP, 1 R National League CIN 7 CHN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Arroyo: 7 IP, 1 R; Reds in 1st HOU 7 ATL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Berkman: 2 HR; ATL lost 9 of last 11 MIL 4 SD 3 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings NYN 7 ARI 1 (Recap and Boxscore) El Duque's revenge: CG, 1 R SF 5 PIT 4 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 5 PHI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Soriano scores 4 R on 2 BB, HBP, HR
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (R) Brett Myers (4-2) vs. (R) Tony Armas (6-3) Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Greg Maddux (6-5) vs. (R) Elizardo Ramirez (2-4) Atlanta Braves at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Jorge Sosa (1-7) vs. (R) Fernando Nieve (1-3) St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (L) Mark Mulder (5-4) vs. (L) Jorge De La Rosa (2-2) Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies, 9:05 PM (R) Brad Penny (6-1) vs. (R) Byung-Hyun Kim (3-3) New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Steve Trachsel (2-4) vs. (R) Miguel Batista (6-2) Florida Marlins at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Ricky Nolasco (4-2) vs. (R) Chris Young (5-3) Pittsburgh Pirates at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Victor Santos (3-6) vs. (R) Matt Morris (3-6) American League --------------- Oakland Athletics at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Danny Haren (4-5) vs. (L) Randy Johnson (7-4) Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Vicente Padilla (5-4) vs. (R) Tim Wakefield (4-7) Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (R) Jeremy Bonderman (6-4) vs. (L) Gustavo Chacin (6-2) Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (R) Rodrigo Lopez (4-7) vs. (R) Brad Radke (4-7) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (L) Mark Hendrickson (3-6) vs. (L) Mark Redman (1-4) Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox, 8:35 PM (L) Cliff Lee (4-5) vs. (R) Javier Vazquez (7-3) Seattle Mariners at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (L) Jarrod Washburn (3-7) vs. (R) Kelvim Escobar (5-6)
Standings
The graphics next to each team are called “sparklines.” They depict each team’s performance over the last month. Each “up” bar is a victory and a “down” bar is a loss. There are horizontal lines for home games and gray bars represent games decided by two runs or less. Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.
American League East NYA 35 23 .603 0.0BOS 34 23 .596 0.5
TOR 33 26 .559 2.5
BAL 28 33 .459 8.5
TB 24 36 .400 12.0
American League Central DET 38 22 .633 0.0
CHA 36 23 .610 1.5
CLE 29 30 .492 8.5
MIN 26 33 .441 11.5
KC 15 43 .259 22.0
American League West TEX 32 27 .542 0.0
OAK 29 31 .483 3.5
LAA 27 32 .458 5.0
SEA 28 34 .452 5.5
National League East NYN 36 23 .610 0.0
PHI 32 28 .533 4.5
ATL 29 32 .475 8.0
WAS 28 33 .459 9.0
FLA 21 36 .368 14.0
National League Central CIN 36 24 .600 0.0
STL 35 24 .593 0.5
HOU 30 31 .492 6.5
MIL 29 32 .475 7.5
CHN 23 36 .390 12.5
PIT 22 39 .361 14.5
National League West ARI 34 26 .567 0.0
LAN 33 27 .550 1.0
SF 32 28 .533 2.0
SD 31 29 .517 3.0
COL 29 30 .492 4.5
Game of the Day
It was a slugfest in Kansas City as the Royals, trailing 11-4, came back to beat the first-place Rangers 16-12.
TEXAS (12) VS KANSAS CITY (16) - FINAL
TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Matthews Jr cf 5 2 3 2 1 0 0 .327
M Young ss 6 1 3 1 0 0 2 .315
M Teixeira 1b 6 0 1 1 0 1 5 .294
H Blalock 3b 3 1 0 1 2 0 2 .305
M DeRosa rf 5 2 3 2 0 0 2 .347
B Wilkerson lf 5 1 2 1 0 2 1 .249
I Kinsler 2b 4 1 2 4 0 1 1 .333
J Botts dh 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 .240
R Barajas c 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 .247
Totals 44 12 17 12 3 4 17
BATTING: 2B - M Teixeira (19, K Snyder); M DeRosa 2 (17, K Snyder, J Gobble); G
Matthews Jr (23, K Snyder). HR - I Kinsler (5, 3rd inning off K Snyder 2 on, 0
Out). SF - I Kinsler. RBI - G Matthews Jr 2 (30), M Young (35), M Teixeira
(31), I Kinsler 4 (14), H Blalock (42), M DeRosa 2 (19), B Wilkerson (29).
2-out RBI - G Matthews Jr, M Young, M Teixeira. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - H Blalock 2, R Barajas 2, M DeRosa 1, J Botts 1. GIDP - M
Young. Team LOB - 9.
FIELDING: E - R Mahay (1, throw); R Barajas (3, throw). DP: 1 (M Young-M
Teixeira).
KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 5 3 3 4 1 0 0 .290
M Grudzielanek 2b 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 .309
D Mientkiewicz 1b 5 2 2 3 0 0 2 .276
R Sanders rf 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 .258
M Stairs dh 4 1 1 3 1 2 0 .255
E Brown lf 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .271
M Teahen 3b 4 2 4 2 1 0 0 .237
A Berroa ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 4 .244
J Buck c 5 2 1 1 0 1 2 .218
Totals 41 16 18 16 5 6 9
BATTING: 2B - J Buck (9, K Loe); D Mientkiewicz (16, R Mahay). HR - D Dejesus
(2, 5th inning off S Feldman 0 on, 1 Out), M Stairs (5, 7th inning off A
Alfonseca 2 on, 2 Out). SF - E Brown. RBI - D Mientkiewicz 3 (17), R Sanders
(28), E Brown (26), M Teahen 2 (15), A Berroa (22), J Buck (16), D DeJesus 4
(7), M Stairs 3 (21). 2-out RBI - M Teahen 2, A Berroa, J Buck, D DeJesus 2, D
Mientkiewicz 2, M Stairs 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D
Mientkiewicz 1, A Berroa 1, J Buck 1. GIDP - E Brown. Team LOB - 7.
FIELDING: E - M Teahen (7, ground ball); D Mientkiewicz (3, ground ball). DP:
1 (A Berroa-M Grudzielanek-D Mientkiewicz).
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TEXAS - 038 000 010 -- 12
KANSAS CITY - 404 110 60x -- 16
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TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era
K Loe 2 2/3 8 8 8 2 1 0 5.32
R Bauer 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 3.99
S Feldman 2 1/3 1 1 1 0 4 1 4.86
R Mahay (L, 0-1; B, 1) 2/3 2 4 0 1 0 0 1.06
A Alfonseca 1/3 3 2 2 1 0 1 5.62
J Benoit 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.40
KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
K Snyder 2 10 9 5 1 2 1 22.50
J Affeldt 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 7.91
A Sisco 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.11
J Gobble (W, 1-1) 1 1/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 4.50
E Dessens 2/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.90
A Burgos 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.62
K Snyder pitched to 6 batters in the 3rd.
E Dessens pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.
Pitches-strikes: K Loe 60-36; R Bauer 30-15; S Feldman 33-23; R Mahay 19-11;
A Alfonseca 14-8; J Benoit 14-7; K Snyder 53-36; J Affeldt 37-20; A Sisco
22-13; J Gobble 26-15; E Dessens 13-8; A Burgos 6-3. Ground balls-fly balls: K
Loe 5-2; R Bauer 3-0; S Feldman 2-1; R Mahay 2-1; A Alfonseca 1-0; J Benoit
0-2; K Snyder 2-2; J Affeldt 2-3; A Sisco 3-2; J Gobble 1-3; E Dessens 1-1; A
Burgos 2-1. Batters faced: K Loe 18; R Bauer 7; S Feldman 8; R Mahay 6; A
Alfonseca 5; J Benoit 3; K Snyder 19; J Affeldt 10; A Sisco 6; J Gobble 7; E
Dessens 4; A Burgos 2.
UMPIRES: HP--Ed Montague. 1B--Mark Wegner. 2B--Jerry Layne. 3B--Mike
Muchlinski.
T--3:27. Att--11,815.
Weather: 88 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, right to left.
The following graph tracks the game’s Win Probability, courtesy of Fan Graphs.
Yesterday’s Home Runs
The following stats are provided by Hit Tracker, which logs the projected distance of each home run (if it were to land uninterrupted at field level) and its “standard” distance, which is corrected for weather conditions.
Hitter Pitcher True Dist Std. Dist HR # Beltran, Carlos NYM Vargas, Claudio ARI 455 441 15 Cano, Robinson NYY Schilling, Curt BOS 431 440 3 Williams, Bernie NYY Schilling, Curt BOS 416 420 4 Berkman, Lance HOU Thomson, John ATL 417 415 17 Hall, Bill MIL Cassidy, Scott SD 404 403 14 Stairs, Matt KC Alfonseca, Antonio TEX 392 395 5 Barfield, Josh SD Davis, Doug MIL 390 395 4 Francoeur, Jeff ATL Pettitte, Andy HOU 395 394 12 Alou, Moises SF Duke, Zach PIT 415 394 8 Konerko, Paul CWS Rogers, Kenny DET 394 392 16 Kinsler, Ian TEX Snyder, Kyle KC 414 391 5 Damon, Johnny NYY Schilling, Curt BOS 375 387 8 Varitek, Jason BOS Proctor, Scott NYY 367 376 6 Broussard, Ben CLE Loaiza, Esteban OAK 384 370 9 DeJesus, David KC Feldman, Scott TEX 369 369 2 Womack, Tony CHC Arroyo, Bronson CIN 378 365 1 Lamb, Mike HOU Villareal, Oscar ATL 362 361 4 Ross, David CIN Rusch, Glendon CHC 398 360 6 Thames, Marcus DET Garland, Jon CWS 361 358 11 Polanco, Placido DET Garland, Jon CWS 370 357 2 Soriano, Alfonso WAS Franklin, Ryan PHI 362 350 23 Jones, Chipper ATL Qualls, Chad HOU 350 349 6 Berkman, Lance HOU Thomson, John ATL 348 347 18 Phillips, BrandonCIN Rusch, Glendon CHC 380 344 6 Freel, Ryan CIN Rusch, Glendon CHC 340 334 4
THT’s Stats
After reading about the Toronto/Baltimore game, you may be wondering which pitchers have hit the most batters this year. Wonder no more; here’s a list of all pitchers with at least six hit batters so far. There isn’t a single Blue Jay pitcher on the list.
Last First Team HBP Willis Dontrelle FLA 9 Zito Barry OAK 8 Marquis Jason STL 7 Armas Jr. Tony WAS 7 Santana Ervin R LAA 7 Pineiro Joel SEA 7 Vazquez Javier CHA 6 Ortiz Ramon WAS 6 Bush Dave T MIL 6 Lidle Cory PHI 6 Haren Danny OAK 6 Lee Cliff CLE 6 Park Chan Ho SD 6 Maholm Paul G PIT 6
Access all of THT’s stats here…
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